About the Project
As Russia’s war against Ukraine grinds on, people around the world are struggling to understand a fast-moving and consequential geopolitical flashpoint. Reliable information is hard to come by: the information environment surrounding the conflict is saturated with misinformation, disinformation, myths, and conspiracy theories.
To help policymakers, researchers, and the public navigate this landscape and to counter the spread of false and misleading narratives, we are pleased to launch the Russia–Ukraine Conflict Misinfo Research Portal, a rapid-response initiative of the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. The portal serves as a centralized resource for analysts and researchers seeking to examine the scope, dynamics, and impact of online misinformation and disinformation related to the Russia–Ukraine war.
About the Research Team
The Russia-Ukraine ConflictMisinfo Research Portal is the latest initiative in our ongoing research on the spread of misinformation and conspiracy theories.
Anatoliy Gruzd
Professor and Canada Research Chair, Co-Director of the Social Media Lab
Philip Mai
Senior Researcher and Co-Director of the Social Media Lab
Media Inquiries and General Questions
Our researchers are available to comment on issues involving mis and disinformation about Russia’s war in Ukraine, and other social media-related news stories. The best way for journalists to contact us is via email.
For all media inquiries, please contact Philip Mai, Co-Director of the Social Media Lab at [email protected].
Please let us know if you’re working on a deadline. We will respond as quickly as possible.
To help us direct you to the right expert, please provide us with as much information as possible (ex. link(s) and/or potential questions).
Disclaimer About Third-party Websites
The Social Media Lab has no control over the contents of third-party websites in this list and accepts no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. Links to third-party sites are provided solely as a convenience to you and are in no way an endorsement by the Social Media Lab. If you decide to access any of the third-party websites shared on this website, you do so entirely at your own risk and subject to the terms and conditions of use for such websites.
Data Source
The data for the ConflictMisinfo Dashboard comes from the Google Fact Check Tools API and is collected using a custom script developed by the Lab. Once collected, we process and translate the data into English, Ukrainian and Russian before displaying the data using Google’s Looker Studio.
